Football Partnerships

Kevin Payne, D.C. United’s president and chief executive, was fined by the league for naming teams he thinks do not play to win, but he was correct in saying some games aren’t worth watching.

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Football Partnerships welcomes Kenny Macleod of Celtic FC and Steven Powell of the Houston Dynamo, in the first of a two-part series.

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By BERNARDO FALLAS and LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON

As the Dynamo claim to have all but secured the funding needed for the construction of an $80 million soccer stadium just east of downtown and begin to daydream about its groundbreaking ceremony this fall, their apparent partners in the project have their own message: not so fast.

Dynamo president Oliver Luck said Tuesday that team ownership has secured financing of about $20 million to cover what the team is hoping the city of Houston and Harris County will contribute to the project.

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